Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu.

Aisraeli Avomereza Kuchimwa Kwawo

9 Pa tsiku la 24 la mwezi womwewo, Aisraeli anasonkhana pamodzi ndi kusala chakudya, kuvala ziguduli ndi kudzithira dothi pa mutu. ² Aisraeliwa anadzipatula pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina ndipo anayimirira nayamba kuwulula machimo awo ndi zolakwa za makolo awo. ³ Anthuwo anayimirira pomwepo, ndipo anamva mawu a mʼbuku la malamulo a Yehova akuwerengedwa kwa maora enanso atatu ndipo anakhala maora ena atatu akuwulula machimo awo ndi kupembedza Yehova Mulungu wawo. ⁴ Pa makwerero okhalapo alevi anayimirirapo anthu awa: Yesuwa, Bani, Kadimieli, Sebaniya, Buni, Serebiya, Bani ndi Kenani. Iwowa ankapemphera mokweza mawu kwa Yehova Mulungu wawo. ⁵ Ndipo Alevi awa: Yesuwa, Kadimieli, Bani, Hasabaneya, Serebiya, Hodiya, Sebaniya ndi Petahiya anati: “Imirirani ndipo mutamande Yehova Mulungu wanu, amene ndi wamuyaya.”

“Litamandike dzina lake laulemerero limene liposa madalitso ndi matamando onse. ⁶ Inu nokha ndiye Yehova. Munalenga kumwamba, ngakhale kumwambamwamba, zolengedwa zonse zimene zili mʼmenemo. Munalenga dziko ndi zonse zokhalamo, nyanja ndi zonse zili mʼmenemo. Zonse mumazisunga ndi moyo ndipo zonse za kumwamba zimakupembedzani.

⁷ “Inu ndinu Yehova Mulungu amene munasankha Abramu ndi kumutulutsa mʼdziko la Uri wa ku Kaldeya ndi kumutcha dzina lake Abrahamu. ⁸ Inu munaona kuti mtima wake unali wokhulupirika kwa inu, ndipo munapangana naye pangano lakuti mudzapereka kwa zidzukulu zake dziko la Akanaani Ahiti, Aamori, Aperezi, Ayebusi ndi Agirigasi. Inu mwasunga lonjezo lanu chifukwa ndinu wolungama.

Atumwi Khumi ndi Awiri

¹² Tsiku lina, masiku amenewo, Yesu anapita ku phiri kukapemphera ndipo anakhala usiku wonse akupemphera kwa Mulungu. ¹³ Kutacha, anayitana ophunzira ake ndipo anasankha khumi ndi awiri a iwo amene anawayika kukhala atumwi: ¹⁴ Simoni (amene anamutcha Petro), mʼbale wake wa Andreya, Yakobo, Yohane, Filipo, Bartumeyu, ¹⁵ Mateyu, Tomasi, Yakobo mwana wa Alufeyo, Simoni amene amatchedwa Zaleti, ¹⁶ Yudasi mwana wa Yakobo ndi Yudasi Isikarioti amene anamupereka.

Madalitso ndi Tsoka

¹⁷ Iye anatsika pamodzi ndi atumwiwo ndipo anayima pamalo athyathyathya. Gulu lalikulu la ophunzira ake, gulu lalikulu la anthu ochokera ku Yudeya konse, ku Yerusalemu ndi ochokera mʼmphepete mwa nyanja ya Turo ndi Sidoni anali pomwepo. ¹⁸ Iwo anabwera kudzamvetsera ndi kuchiritsidwa ku matenda awo. Osautsidwa ndi mizimu yoyipa anachiritsidwa, ¹⁹ ndipo anthu ankayesetsa kuti amukhudze chifukwa mphamvu imatuluka mwa Iye ndi kuchiritsa onse.